hello, just registered as ive recently purchased a E89 35i S, 2010 plate. Ive owned a lot of BMW's in the past, M3's, CSL, M5 V10 and a few X5's. Ive spent the last 8 years in Mitsubishi evos, purely for track days and competed in a national sprint series for evo's with good success, both of my evos were running 650bhp + and also own a parts company, evo parts and performance. i bought the E89 as im a little tired of evo's now and want to coe back to something more reliable and rear wheel drive. the car i have bough has had a fairly heavy front end smash, its being jigged as we speak and im just about to start getting it completed and then on with some modifications to its performance, finding it hard to research actually on the various ecu modifications/pigghybacks and flashes that are out there. this will be a track car for me (not everybodies cup of tea) and will be using it to enjoy some of the nice long tracks that evos just dont cope with very well, Cadwell, Silverstone, the ring/spa etc.
any of your help would be greatly appreciated but the key things im strugling with at the minute are
Brakes - such a let down for such a special car, i can getthe front brakes srted out with bigger replacements but what about the rears, has anybody managed to solve the electronic handbrake yet?
Suspension - looking for KWv3 or clubsports but what issues would i have with the adaptive suspension, does it through up lights
mapping - whats the increases like with a full decat system, inter cooler and good mapping
Gearbox - what are these 7 speed box like with increased power and heavy work, any issues that need to be addressed
thanks and look forward to your responses
any of your help would be greatly appreciated but the key things im strugling with at the minute are
Brakes - such a let down for such a special car, i can getthe front brakes srted out with bigger replacements but what about the rears, has anybody managed to solve the electronic handbrake yet?
Suspension - looking for KWv3 or clubsports but what issues would i have with the adaptive suspension, does it through up lights
mapping - whats the increases like with a full decat system, inter cooler and good mapping
Gearbox - what are these 7 speed box like with increased power and heavy work, any issues that need to be addressed
thanks and look forward to your responses
so thought my 8 year stint was misson accomplished and time for a new project. Ive not even drove the car yet (apart from off the trailer and into my workshop) but cant waiting to get it up and running, dialed in and out for its first bonding session. yes ive been fortunet with my previous cars, that was before the wife and 4 children come along, money isnt quite as good now. anyway, here are the last 2 evos:
